Comments on: An Interview with Lewis Hyde on the Commons and Art https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/an-interview-with-lewis-hyde-on-the-commons-and-art/2013/02/02 Researching, documenting and promoting peer to peer practices Sat, 02 Feb 2013 15:18:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.14 By: Todd S. https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/an-interview-with-lewis-hyde-on-the-commons-and-art/2013/02/02/comment-page-1#comment-506478 Sat, 02 Feb 2013 15:18:46 +0000 http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=29312#comment-506478 At the founding of this country, we had an emphasis on “commonwealth” and we valued “civic virtue,” a thing that citizens could earn by acting more for the group than for themselves.

A bit romantic there. Of course, at the founding of this country (US) being a “citizen” meant you were a propertied white male. Hardly the type of person to be concerned about the commons.

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